Generation Gap

[snoopy369]

I'd use the Pirates or the Reds, but same idea.

[Seedle]

Originally posted by snoopy369


You will note that clicking on 'vulcan neck pinch' leads you to ... a redirect to 'vulcan nerve pinch'. That is the terminology used by far most commonly, both in the literature and elsewhere.

Also, nerve wins the googlesearch competition, 17,700 to 8,500 with 3,500 overlaps (so really 14k to 5k). Nearly 3 to 1 nonoverlapping

Seems to me both are correct, even though "nerve pinch" is admittedly preferred. I was actually debating on which to use, for the purpose of avoiding a discussion just like this one, I used the one on the "Spock" wikipedia entry.

[N35t0r]

When I see my little sister obsessed with some flash game and just say 'pff, that's just glorified pacman' and she asks 'what's pacman?'

[Zkribbler]

Every once in a while I mention that my first computer had no hard drive or disk drives. Program inputting was by way of an audio cassette.

Young'uns look at me strange.

[Wezil]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Every once in a while I mention that my first computer had no hard drive or disk drives. Program inputting was by way of an audio cassette.

Young'uns look at me strange.

Space Invaders on the Commodore PET. It took 20 minutes to load by cassette and never failed to destroy certain keyboard keys through overuse.

[Tuberski]

Funny thing is, "Family Guy" has closed the generation Gap in our household. The kids learn about a lot of 80's things from the show.

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[b etor]

family guy

Originally posted by Zkribbler
When we're talking about movies and b etor says, "I've never of any of them."

hey now i've heard of some of them.

[Imran Siddiqui]

After ole Zkrib tells ya .

[Solomwi]

My stepson dove out the car window (it was parked) the other day, and I called him Luke Duke. His response was little more than a blank stare, then "Oh, was that the guy with that orange car?" after I started to explain that it was from a TV show.

[Zero]

Seriously, most people won't know what a vulcan neck pinch or whatever is.

[snoopy369]

NERVE PINCH
/me puts the pinch on Zero

And I would suggest that a high percentage of people would be familiar with it who were alive in the 1960s. It was a rather popular show, after all.

[Seedle]

Originally posted by Zero
Seriously, most people won't know what a vulcan neck pinch or whatever is.

I can understand not knowing the nerve pinch. It was "Who is Spock?" that got me. I mean, I don't expect everyone to know details about the character, but a minimum "isn't he that dude on that spaceship show?" level of familiarity seemed to be the norm in earlier generations.

Bear in mind, he also didn't get the "Do I like Kirk, or do I like Picard?" line in White and Nerdy. Once again, I understand not having any idea who Picard is. But back in the day, at least a vague recognition of the phrase "Captain Kirk" was pretty standard.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
After ole Zkrib tells ya .

The only film I told her to watch was "Taming of the Shrew" starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor....and she still hasn't done that (right, b etor?).

Here's one that b etor might have learned in FBI training. Robert Culp plays FBI agent Bill Maxwell, who's teamed up with William Katt, a school teacher whose got hold of a supersuit but without the instruction book.

[Hueij]

...Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor...

Who??

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by Hueij

...Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor...

Who??

Parents of Jack Burton:



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